Body of Utah WWII airman Max W. Lower returns home

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) The remains of Army Air Forces Tech Sgt. Max. W. Lower, 23, of Lewiston, Utah, killed during World War II were received by his siblings, Helen Lower Simmons and Sam Lower and their extended family, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. Lower was the radio operator on a B-24 Liberator bomber nicknamed "Old Baldy" that was shot down Aug. 1, 1943, over Ploiesti, Romania during Operation Tidal Wave. Lower's plane was one of 177 bombers based in Italy and Libya that flew the mission; 53 aircraft and 660 aircrewmen were lost.